Taking our 8 month old to the Rutgers game tonight for his 1st Michigan sporting event. Don't worry I do not expect to stay and/or watch the whole game. We just thought it would be fun to take him around the arena and the atmosphere shouldn't be too crazy.

One question I did have for the experienced MgoParents out there, do you know if baby bottles allowed to be brought into Crisler? I looked on the site, and it says no containers of any kind are allowed inside, but my wife seems to think they must at least allow baby bottles. Any help from prior experience would be greatly appreciated!

Nick over at Mlive has a story up on MBB with some very interesting data points. Not only Michigan specific but how our data points compare to others in the conference. It is pretty amazing our attrition when you consider it versus the 4 other teams in the conf with great recent success (MSU, Wisc, OSU) or great tradition Indiana).

Beilein mentioned that Mitch was the only guy he truly thought he wouldn't have for his entire career.

"Aside from this year, I think we had the best Big Ten record of any team over the past three years going into this season, despite the lack of seniors. It's been a challenge, and one that snuck up on us. We didn't expect this. Ever.

"Mitch McGary is the only one who when we recruited him I said 'he might not make it to his senior year.' But those kids have really worked hard and deserve those opportunities in the NBA."

In Beilien's tenure he has only had 15 seniors - including walk ons. (Part of that is normal attrition - i.e. Brundidge, Smot, et al) That's nearly half the # Wisconsin has enjoyed and 60% of what MSU has enjoyed.

Since taking over the program prior to the 2007-08 season, Beilein has only had 15 seniors on his teams. In eight seasons, Michigan's only put 15 seniors on the floor -- including walk-ons. Per The Wolverine, no Big Ten team has had fewer seniors during that timeframe.

Wisconsin, by comparison, has had 28 seniors in that stretch. Michigan State's had 25.

Of course our NBA train is like no one else - only OSU is within spitting distance.

Over the past eight years, Michigan has lost seven early-entry players to the NBA draft -- more than any other Big Ten school. If junior Caris LeVert opts to declare early this spring, the number will grow to eight.

Ohio State is the next closest in that span with six early departures, followed by Indiana (four), Illinois (two) and Michigan State (one). League champion Wisconsin hasn't lost a single player early since 2007-08.

Incredible interview of Jim Hackett just now on the Huge Show. Hackett told the entire story of how Harbaugh was hired. Too many highlights to list, but among them:

- The hiring process was code-named Project Unicorn.

- Harbaugh wanted to make totally sure that Hoke had been treated fairly before he’d even talk to Michigan.

- He didn’t name names, of course, but Hackett said that he was talking to several college coaches whose teams were in bowl games, and some other NFL coaches (he didn’t specify if they were head coaches or assistants).

- The day that Harbaugh and Hackett each signed the contract, Hackett couldn’t get his computer to work, so he had to take a picture of the contract on his iPhone so that he could send it to Harbaugh.

- Harbaugh wanted to make sure that Hackett was going to be sticking around as AD.

ALSO:

- A night game for Ohio State is highly unlikely; a night game for Michigan State isn’t quite as unlikely.

Incredibly honest interview. Jim MF Hackett is the anti-Brandon in every way.

It wasn’t uploaded when last I checked, but the Hackett interview should be uploaded soon at:

As mentioned previously having interest on this blog, it was confirmed today that Moritz will be visiting this weekend. Big to get him on campus, and as of now he is an assumed frontrunner to Michigan.

Bill Self gets a pass by many. Being Lawrence Kansas the local media and much of the school is in his hip pocket and very little is done to dig deep. Yahoo sports is at it again sniffing around KU athletics.